Vannizzlefashizzal said:
none of our teams have won trophies on just skill alone...
Absolutely. When you're on top, all the little decisions seem to you your way. See Chelsea now for further examples.
I think Sunday will be an interesting game. I'm sure there's lingering resentment between Wenger and Fergie, but much of the spite from this tie has died away now in my opinion. No more Vieira vs Keane, Van Nistelrooy vs Keown, Cole vs Ronaldo, Winterburn vs McClair (who remembers that one?!).
Our defence will be patchy if Kolo's out. I imagine Wenger will stick with Hoyte at LB with Gallas and Djourou in the centre. Having said that Man Yoo's midfield is a bit threadbare now with Giggs and Park out. Maybe Baptista will give us the edge in the middle of the park.
Unfortunately, I think United will have too much fire power for this inexperienced Arsenal side. Expect to see Ronaldo on the right wing to exploit the oft happless Hoyte. Gallas is gonna have to pick up a lot of pieces if last night is anything to go by. If Henry is out, I'd be tempted to try this:
-----------Lemon--------------
-----Djourou-----Gallas-------
Eboue--------------------Hoyte
------------Gilberto----------
-------Fabregas---------------
----------------Baptista------
Rosicky
--------------------van Persie
---------Adebayor-------------
If Utd are lacking in midfield then I think we should do our best to exploit that and employ Baptista in an advanced role to harass Carrick and Fletcher.
Adebayor holds the ball up well and could be a handful for Silvestre, although probably not Rio. He is strong in possession and could win headers and knock downs for Baptista, Fab and Rosicky. RVP plays a wider role for Holland and I think he could be deadly cutting in for Arsenal. He's rapid, can deliver a good cross and needs more time to run on the ball IMO.
Rosicky is good enough to play any attacking position across midfield and in my book offers a lot more than Hleb, who'll be useless dribbling into an organised Man Utd defence. A bit different I know but on paper I reckon it could work.
P.S. What's that Clipse album like Vaniz?